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Jonah Adams was diagnosed as autistic at two years and eight months. Just a few years later, a doctor refused to believe such a diagnosis could ever have been given to this healthy, happy boy.  This is the true story of how Jonah's mother, Christina, seized his limited window of opportunity for recovery.  This book details how she utilized a combination of a special diet and tutoring with speech therapists and behavioral psychologists, Christina shares the entire journey she undertook to give her child a second chance at a full life.

Jayne Lytel was a flourishing syndicated columnist when her son Leo was diagnosed with autism.  She used her reporting skills to better understand her son's health issues, and helped Leo gain essential abilities.  After four years of therapy, he no longer meets the diagnostic criteria for autism, attends a mainstream school, and is a thriving, healthy child.  Act Early Against Autism is a practical and empowering guide for parents on how early intervention can change their child's future.

The award-winning author of Autism Spectrum Disorders presents Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum, a complete guide to the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of preteens and teenagers with autistic disorders, ranging from the relatively mild Asperger's Syndrome to more severe ability impairment.

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The needs of an individual develop and change from childhood services to adult provision, but the literature that addresses specific adult requirements is scarce.  This volume attempts to fill the gap and provides practical help and guidance, specifically for those caring for the growing recognized population of adults with autism.  Issues of theory and practice from both local and international perspectives are included.  Subsequent chapters analyze the implications arising from thought and behavior inflexibility with emphasis on the management of transition and bereavement.  Models for practice in employment and further education and also pharmacological and educational approaches to mental health problems, epilepsy and challenging behavior are concluded by a chapter which develops many themes of this publication as the basis for a practitioner training program in residential settings.  This book provides an essential guide for all those concerned with the care and well being of adults with autism including parents, researchers, practitioners and community care workers.

Animusic is a powerful new vision in music video entertainment with unparalleled, universal appeal to adults, children, musicians, engineers, animation fans...all kinds of people!  With cutting edge computer animation, and a broad collection of modern musical routines and soundscapes, you'll get an amazing visual musical experience.  Animusic will absolutely delight you as the extraordinarily complex, invented musical instruments come to life and perform virtual concerts with note for note precision.

Animusic 2 is the long awaited continuation of Animusic's debut DVD that has become unparalleled in universal appeal to adults, children, musicians, engineers, animation fans...all kinds of people!  In this new video, they went over the top with special features.  For example, the Starship Groove animation was rendered in Fullscreen, Widescreen, and 3 other camera views for the multi-angle bonus for a total of 5 full-length versions.   This adds up to over 20 minutes of footage just for that 4 minute music animation!

The bane of Alison Shandling's existence is Harry Roth.  He's obnoxious and rude, and always taunts her or makes comments about her autistic twin brother.  Alison attempts to ignore him, but since she sees him at school and at synagogue, it's hard to avoid him.  Then, Harry is injured in a diving accident and winds up in a wheelchair.  Now Harry feels what it's like to be vulnerable, and Alison finds herself inexplicably drawn to him.  She's initially cautious, but these unlikely companions begin to understand each other, and their relationship grows first into a friendship and then into something more.

Is Asperger syndrome a syndrome in its own right or is it a form of autism?  Sufferers from the syndrome are like autistic individuals in that they show the same kind of impairments from early childhood; yet they are unlike them in being far more verbally articulate and socially adapted.  They can be highly intelligent and reminiscent of eccentrics with their unusual interests, special skills and unworldliness.  In this volume, several of the major experts in the field discuss the diagnostic criteria of the syndrome, named after Hans Asperger who first described the condition in the 1940s, and illustrate their views with case studies drawn from their clinical practice.  These clinical studies are complemented by personal accounts and placed in a new theoretical framework.

This book, written by an international team of experts, features contributions from leading authorities in the clinical and social sciences.  This thoroughly revised and updated new edition reflects the most recent progress in the understanding of autism and related conditions, and offers an international perspective on the present state of the discipline.  Chapters discuss current approaches to definition and diagnosis; prevalence and planning for service delivery; cognitive, genetic, and neurobiological features; and pathophysiological mechanisms.  There is a new chapter covering communication issues.   Interventions reviewed include the pharmacological, behavioral, and educational, and a thoughtful final chapter addresses the nature of the fundamental social disturbance that characterizes autism.

This book presents a positive and empowering "bill of rights" for every person with autism, regardless of impairment level.  With advice and reflections from autistic adults across the spectrum, as well as Sicile-Kira's own experience as an advocate and parent of an autistic teen, the book covers these ten essential life skills.

The number of children affected by autism is growing larger every day.  Autism is an all encompassing term for a wide range of disorders that include classic autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome.  Developmental problems can be recognized in infants as young as four months old, and this book provides information so you can recognize the red vital flags and begin treatment based on those first signs.  As the mother of a child who was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, the author uses her own experiences and the most current research to provide real strategies and emphasizes warning signs as she describes the most important milestones at each stage of a child's growth, including things parents and pediatricians often overlook.  She also tells parents to act on their instincts or concerns, instead of the wait and see, which is often encouraged, and also explains the steps parents can take to confirm or rule out a developmental delay or disorder.

Autism ADHD, asthma and allergies have risen dramatically to epidemic levels over the last 20 years.  One of these conditions now strikes one in every three children in America.  Leading medical innovator, Kenneth Bock, M.D., has helped change the lives of over a thousand children with this important book.  He has developed a complete program that targets all four of the 4-A disorders that can help to children.  Most doctors have never made the connection between the 4-A disorders, even with their concurrent rise and the existence of numerous medical clues.  Over the years, the medical establishment has considered autism as incurable and medically untreatable.  Dr. Bock?s amazing healing program, based on medical research and drawing on years of clinical success, gives a safe, sensible solution that is individualized to each child to help cure the underlying causes.  This particular approach to autism, ADHD, and the other 4-A epidemics, as devised by Dr. Bock and some of America?s finest integrative physicians, is an extremely promising and exciting medical breakthrough.

Jenny McCarthy was having a cup of coffee one morning when she found her two-year old son, Evan, in his room having a seizure.  Many doctors misdiagnosed Evan until after many traumatic, life-threatening episodes - one good doctor discovered that Evan is autistic.  With a foreword from Dr. David Feinberg, medical director of the Resnick Neuro-psychiatric Hospital at UCLA, and an introduction by Jerry J. Kartzinel, a top pediatric autism specialist, Louder Than Words tells Jenny' story as she discovers an intense combination of diet and supplements, along with behavioral therapy, that became the key to saving Evan from autism.

There are many people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) that are remarkably proficient at remembering how things look and sound, even years after an event.  Theyre also good at rote learning and establishing habits and routines.  Some of them even have encyclopaedic memories.  Unfortunately, all individuals with ASD have difficulty in recalling personal memories and reliving experiences, and less able people may have additional difficulty in memorizing facts.   This book assembles new research on memory in autism to examine why this happens and the effects it has on peoples lives.  The contributors make use of recent advances in the understanding of normal memory systems and their breakdown as frameworks for analyzing the neuropsychology and neurobiology of memory in autism.  The unique patterning of memory functions across the spectrum illuminates difficulties with sense of self, emotion processing, mental time travel, language and learning, providing a window into the nature and causes of autism itself.

When Jenny McCarthy's book, Louder Than Words, was published, the story of her successful efforts to saver her son, Evan, from autism, received a tremendous response.  After hitting # 3 on the New York Times bestseller list, Jenny and Evan were featured on the covers of several magazines, including People.  What she hadn't anticipated, was the overwhelming response form other parents of autistic children, who sought her out to share their stories.  No two autistic children heal in exactly the same way, and with her new book, Jenny expands her message to share recovery stories from parents across the country.  Mother Warriors tells how each parent fought to find their own child's perfect "remedy of interventions" and teaches parents how to navigate safely through the many autism therapies.   Jenny shares her own journey as an autism advocate and mother as well as the progress of her son, Evan.  Touching and genuinely practical, Mother Warriors will inspire a generation of parents with hope.

This book is a comical story about an eleven-year old autistic boy, Jack Lack, who struggles to cope with the absurdities of the so-called "normal" life.  From his public school classroom for behavior-disordered kids, to his extended family that's full of sinister cousins and very eccentric adults, Jack get unfairly blamed for everything that goes wrong.  In this novel of self-discovery, he attempts to prove his innocence.  While he collects clues, the idea forms in his mind that these misadventures may be just a bunch of unrelated events, or is someone out to get Jack.

There have been huge advances in diagnosing autism and in the development of effective interventions that can change children's lives.  In this informative book, Lynn Kern Koegel, a leading clinician, researcher, and cofounder of the renowned Autism Research Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, combines her cutting-edge expertise with the everyday perspectives of Claire LaZebnik, a writer whose experience with a son with autism provides a rare view into the disorder.  Together, they draw on the highly effective "pivotal response" approach developed at the center to provide concrete ways of improving the symptoms of autism and the emotional struggles that surround it.  They remind readers never to lose sight of the humor that lurks in the disability's quirkiness or the importance of enjoying your child.

In this book, the author explains the most current information about reading problems, along with verified, useful techniques that together with hard work and the correct help can enable anyone, including intelligent people to conquer these problems. She offers clear, practical, scientific information and advice as the tools that parents and teachers need to help dyslexic children of various ages and grades to gradually obtain successful results. The book covers topics that include:what dyslexia is, how to identify dyslexia at any age, from preschoolers to adults, locating the best school for your child, and learning how to work effectively with their teacher. It also includes exercises to show children how to use the areas of the brain that control reading, a 20-minute nightly home plan to improve reading ability, the 150 most common problem words to give your child an advantage, useful ways to raise and maintain a child's self-esteem and reveal their strengths, and also tells the stories of successful adults who are dyslexic.

For children with sensory integration issues, including those who have difficulty processing everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds, and sights, this book is an invaluable resource.  Long thought to affect only autistic children, or mistaken for ADHD, SI dysfunction is finally being recognized as a separate condition.  Coauthored by a pediatric occupational therapist and a parent of a child with SI dysfunction, Raising a Sensory Smart Child is as warm and accessible as it is authoritative and detailed and is an indispensable guide for parents, therapists, and teachers who will turn to it again and again.

Alexander is an autistic child, and when he is nine years old, he is found dead in a bathtub of water.  At the time, his mother Ingrid is the only other person in the house.  The circumstances are suspicious and the police take Ingrid into custody.  Did she murder her child? Who could blame her if she did? " She has had nine years of hell with her uncontrollable child, and all those she cares about have deserted her.  Not even the church has come to her assistance. Her efforts to find help for Alexander have left her bankrupt and she is emotionally and physically depleted.  If it were not for Miriam and Gunter, she would surely never have endured the nine years.

It's possible that this child is having sensory processing problems.  You can help children with these problems.  Sensory Integration helps you identify children who have difficulties with sensory processing, and it offers easy solutions to support the sensory needs of young children in the preschool classroom.  Easily implemented solutions include adaptations and activities for children with different types of Sensory Processing Disorder.  This book also contains a bonus chapter with instructions for creating inexpensive items to help children with sensory issues.

This book is a true story of two mothers, worlds apart, united in a struggle to connect with their autistic sons. Emmy(r)-winning art director Portia Iversen's life was turned upside down when her son Dov was diagnosed with autism.  After hearing about a miraculous story of a woman in India who had taught her own severely autistic son to communicate, she brought Soma and Tito Mukhopadhyay from Bangalore to America to help researchers better understand this amazing feat.

Preschool can be overwhelming for children with autism.  Autism affects how a child behaves, communicates, and relates to others.  Teachers need to know how they can get children with autism to achieve their full potential.  This book is a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism.  It explains the main characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world.  Each chapter offers detailed strategies for teachers to use, including setting up a proactive preschool environment, helping children learn life skills, managing behavior, helping children with autism communicate, encourage children with autism to play, helping them to get along with others, and working with families.  Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder helps teachers bond with all children in meaningful ways, allowing children with autism to learn and grow.

Finally, there is help for ADHD patients and their families who have become worn out and frustrated.  With this book, you will get the many answers to the questions youve been waiting for.  Attention deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is one of the fastest growing diagnoses of our generation.  Unfortunately, the diagnosis does not provide actual help, and this leaves patients, doctors and families at a loss on how to proceed.  But for the first time ever, new understanding of the many similarities between ADHD and autism are giving patients with ADHD real hope.  At last, The ADHD-Autism Connection gives parents, doctors, and educators a reason to confront autism with a belief of hope and understanding.  This book will show how, with this new knowledge, to reduce the misdiagnoses, misunderstandings, and frustrations that ADHD sufferers and their families encounter.

This book has answers to more than one hundred of the most frequently asked questions about autism, a disease that affects an estimated one in 250 children.

Dawn Ham-Kucharski's son, Alex, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, and she was given little hope that he would ever express himself verbally or to communicate meaningfully with others.  But, now at the age of six, Alex is an inspiring autism success story, due to his mother's tireless efforts to seek out an effective treatment program, educational plan, and socialization strategy.

In The Autism Book, health and parenting journalist S. Jhoanna Robledo and Ham-Kucharski, a passionate advocate for educational opportunity for autistic children, use their hard-earned knowledge and experience to objectively and compassionately answer the most urgent questions of parents and educators of autistic children.  The authors offer comprehensive information on diagnoses, causes, manifestations, treatment options, managing emotions, family relationships, parenting and lifestyle issues, education, and common worries.

Useful, practical advice and information from the world's foremost experts on autism and a mother's own hard-earned lessons from helping her son recover from the disorder.  When Karen Siff Exkorn's son, Jake, was diagnosed with autism, she struggled to pull together comprehensive information about the disorder.  Fortunately, she was able to educate herself quickly, and the extensive at-home treatment of her son led to his amazing full recovery.  However, the journey wasn't easy, and now, in The Autism Sourcebook, Siff Exkorn gives parents the wisdom she wishes she'd had at the beginning.

Three years ago, magazine editor Denise Brodey's precocious four-year-old son, Toby, was diagnosed with a combination of sensory integration dysfunction and childhood depression.  Struggling to make sense of her new, often chaotic, often lonely world, the thing she found most comforting was talking with other, hopeful, and insightful parents of kids with special needs, and learning how they coped with the feelings they encountered throughout the day.

This is the exciting, true story of Jason McElwain-also known as "J-Mac", who is the autistic student that made headlines when he scored twenty points, including a school record six three-pointers for his high school basketball team in 2006.  It includes the revealing perspectives of J-Mac's family and coach.  This is McElwain's inspiring account of the challenges of growing up autistic-not just for himself, but for his family.  It's also the tale of his unlikely star turn, and the difference it made in his journey through life with all the heart-breaking and heart-lifting stops along the way

Using the established methods he developed to overcome dyslexia, Ron Davis adapts techniques to help sufferers triumph over a variety of common learning disabilities.

The IQ Answer is not only fascinating and user-friendly, but a great guide to fulfilling one's potential.  Adults who have been frustrated by a stubborn mental block will learn the steps to scale it and tackle any project creatively, and with millions of new cases of learning disabilities diagnosed every year, this book will help parents break through their children's performance plateaus.  Written in response to the overwhelming need that Dr. Lawlis sees every day in his practice and in his role as Dr. Phil's primary contributing psychologist, The IQ Answer will be a powerful tool for everyone who wants to be as successful as they can be.

Eloquent, philosophical, and introspective. These are words that are not usually associated with an autistic child, but in an incredible display of courage and creativity, this boy named Tito has shattered stereotypes.  In The Mind Tree, Tito makes us question all of our previous assumptions about autism, since he is severely autistic and nearly nonverbal, and this is his story.